21.   Last week, cornerback Kevin Smith, suffering from nagging hamstring problems, left the team.

22.   Last year, Acevedo never got out of spring training, having been felled by a serious hamstring problem.

23.   Lomasney had hamstring problems, tried to come back too soon, and aggravated the injury.

24.   Maybe it was the nagging hamstring problems that troubled him.

25.   Michael Coleman had hamstring problems that began in spring training and missed three games last week after fouling a ball off his left calf.

26.   Muhsin Muhammad showed big-play ability but struggled with hamstring problems.

27.   Otis Smith, the starting right cornerback, has a hamstring problem.

28.   Outfielders Roger Cedeno and Todd Hollandsworth have also had hamstring problems this spring.

29.   Second baseman Keith Lockhart could not play Monday night because of continued right hamstring problem.

30.   Still he wondered if a stronger body would prevent the injuries that have plagued him, including a nagging hamstring problem.